This week, the Immigrant Arts Coalition, an activism support group comprised of New York City-based cultural organizations, unveiled an agenda aiming to recognize the important and ongoing contribution of immigrant artists and arts organizations representing America’s...

Celebrating its 103rd season, Tony Award-nominated and Drama Desk Award-winning National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene is the longest consecutively producing theatre in the United States and the world’s oldest continuously operating Yiddish theatre company. “Throughout...

Sometimes, things work out exactly how they’re supposed to. Singer/songwriters Maggie Rogers and Andy Seltzer never planned to work with each other. Rogers was already amassing a steady following via her homegrown blend of soulful, folk-inspired electronic pop....

Downtown Magazine received such an overwhelming interest in this previous post by Darren Paltrowitz, we have decided to run this again with the bands new up and coming tour dates. One of Japan’s biggest pop acts, End Of The World (a.k.a. Sekai No Owari)...

On Friday, Aug 18 and Saturday, Aug 19, Bryant Park filled up with music, laughs and good vibes. Back for its third year, the Emerging Music Festival presented on-the-rise indie rock, pop and folk bands. Come rain or shine, the show must go on, right? Even though the...

In preparation for this weekend’s Emerging Music Festival, Downtown sat down with Dan Fishman, the producer and booker for the festival. Find out who you should see, check the program for Friday and Saturday, and learn more about Fishman’s musical...